ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38 fix the issue.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8021-1 advisory.

    Benny Isaacs discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory when processing certain image     files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0438-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-22770: improper pointer initialization can cause denial of service (bsc#1256969).
    - CVE-2026-23874: manipulation of digital images can lead to stack overflow (bsc#1256976).
    - CVE-2026-23876: maliciously crafted image can lead to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1256962).
    - CVE-2026-23952: processing comment tag can cause null pointer dereference (bsc#1257076).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0437-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-22770: improper pointer initialization can cause denial of service (bsc#1256969).
    - CVE-2026-23874: manipulation of digital images can lead to stack overflow (bsc#1256976).
    - CVE-2026-23876: maliciously crafted image can lead to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1256962).
    - CVE-2026-23952: processing comment tag can cause null pointer dereference (bsc#1257076).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the ImageMagick package has been released.

The version of ImageMagick installed on the remote host is prior to 6.9.10.97-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3132 advisory.

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions     prior to 7.1.2-13 have a stack overflow via infinite recursion in MSL (Magick Scripting Language)     `<write>` command when writing to MSL format. Version 7.1.2-13 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-23874)

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to     versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder     (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing     a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the     overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and     6.9.13-38 fix the issue. (CVE-2026-23876)

    NULL pointer dereference in MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tag before     any image is loaded. (CVE-2026-23952)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1383 advisory.

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions     prior to 7.1.2-13 have a stack overflow via infinite recursion in MSL (Magick Scripting Language)     `<write>` command when writing to MSL format. Version 7.1.2-13 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-23874)

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to     versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder     (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing     a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the     overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and     6.9.13-38 fix the issue. (CVE-2026-23876)

    NULL pointer dereference in MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tag before     any image is loaded. (CVE-2026-23952)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0384-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-23874: manipulation of digital images can lead to stack overflow (bsc#1256976).
    - CVE-2026-23876: maliciously crafted image can lead to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1256962).
    - CVE-2026-23952: processing comment tag can cause null pointer dereference (bsc#1257076).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6111 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6111-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     January 26, 2026                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : imagemagick     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-23874 CVE-2026-23876 CVE-2026-23952 CVE-2026-22770

    This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Imagemagick, which could     result in denial of service via MSL scripts or potentially the execution     of arbitrary code if malformed XBM images are processed.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u6.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u5.

    We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

    For the detailed security status of imagemagick please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/imagemagick

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4448 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4448-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     January 24, 2026                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : imagemagick     Version        : 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u9     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-23874 CVE-2026-23876 CVE-2026-23952     Debian Bug     : 1126075 1126076 1126077

    imagemagick, a image processing suite, was affected by multiple vulnerabilities

    CVE-2026-23874

        A stack overflow via infinite recursion was found         in MSL (Magick Scripting Language) `<write>` command when writing to         MSL format

    CVE-2026-23876

        A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the XBM image decoder         (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the         allocated heap buffer when processing a maliciously crafted image file.
        Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the overflow,         making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines

    CVE-2026-23952

        A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the MSL         (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before         images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack (Deny of Service)

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u9.

    We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

    For the detailed security status of imagemagick please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/imagemagick

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to     versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder     (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing     a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the     overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and     6.9.13-38 fix the issue. (CVE-2026-23876)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
298803	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : ImageMagick vulnerability (USN-8021-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
298743	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2026:0438-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
298728	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2026:0437-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
298612	Photon OS 4.0: Imagemagick PHSA-2026-4.0-0959	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
298133	Amazon Linux 2 : ImageMagick, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3132 (ALAS-2026-3132)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
298077	Amazon Linux 2023 : ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-c++-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1383)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
297973	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2026:0384-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
296648	Debian dsa-6111 : imagemagick - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
296505	Debian dla-4448 : imagemagick - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
293774	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23876	Nessus	Misc.	critical

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